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Your growing child

13 weeks pregnant

Your baby is now about 6.7cm long from crown to rump and weighs nearly 23g – about half a banana. Your baby now has sucking muscles in her cheeks, so when you poke your stomach gently she will feel it and start rooting. Read More

14 weeks pregnant

Crown to rump, your baby is about 8cm long and weighs about 40g. This week, her parchment-thin skin is starting to cover itself with ultra-fine, downy hair (lanugo) that usually disappears before birth. Read More

15 weeks pregnant

You may not know it when it happens, but your tiny tenant frequently gets the hiccups, which babies learn to do before breathing. Babies don't make any sound because their windpipe (trachea) is filled with fluid rather than air. Read More

16 weeks pregnant

Your baby, now about the size of an avocado, is about 10cm long from crown to rump. In the next three weeks she'll go through a tremendous growth spurt, doubling her weight and adding centimetres to her length. Read More

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